To leave or stay was the question for the Irish in the nineteenth century.
Sister Agnes Gonzaga Ryan administered.
Governor Frank Murphy advocated for civil rights.
Others became rail workers, merchants, lawyers, soldiers, doctors and teachers.
For those who left and came to Michigan, the land\'s abundant natural resources encouraged them to become loggers, miners, fishermen, traders and farmers.
America offered freedom and opportunity.
In Ireland, people suffered persecution, poverty and famine.
To leave or stay was the question for the Irish in the nineteenth century